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It was supposed to be an expanding “smart city” of tomorrow, with sensors that track the speed of people crossing the streets and robots that could function as garbage collectors. But the Toronto East Coast review planned by a sister company of Google, a plan that raised a chorus of privacy concerns, was severely reduced on Thursday. Waterfront Toronto, the government agency responsible for the area's development, voted unanimously to limit the company's ambitions, Sidewalk Labs, from its original plan of 190 acres to 12 acres.

Toronto Public Health (TPH) says a man in his 70s is the first person in the city to die from COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak began. In a statement released Sunday afternoon, officials said the man recently travelled to the United Kingdom. “He was tested at a hospital in Toronto and immediately began self-isolation at home,” the statement said. “He was reported to TPH by the hospital and a case investigation was completed.” However, the department said the man went to Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital for